Melvin Kelly holds up a sign while thousands gather at an Occupy Oakland rally in downtown Oakland, CA. on Saturday November 19, 2011. (Zuma Press/Josh Edelson)Firemen attempt to put out the blaze set by the explosion of a gas pipeline in San Bruno, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2010. The fire left eight dead. Josh Edelson / The New York TimesOakland Police Chief Anthony Batts announces his resignation at a press conference on Oct. 11, 2011. (Josh Edelson/Bay Citizen)A lone Fireman attempts to put out the blaze set by the explosion of a gas pipeline in San Bruno, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2010. The fire left eight dead. Josh Edelson / The New York TimesPolice Officers light a live power line resting on a residential street as fires rage from an underground gas explosion in San Bruno, California on Sept. 9, 2010. The fire left eight dead. Josh Edelson / EPAAt least 21 cars of a 68-car Union Pacific train derailed north of Los Angeles in Littlerock, California on July27, 2011. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)Firemen attempt to put out a blaze set by the explosion of a gas pipeline in San Bruno, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2010. The fire left eight dead. Josh Edelson / EPASmokingHandsome Hector and his owner proudly display their tongues at the World's Ugliest Dog Competition in Petaluma, California, USA, 25 June 2010. The winner, Princess Abby owned by Kathleen Francis took home 1,000.00 US dollars. EPA/JOSH EDELSONChemical Spill on 152. Josh Edelson / Morgan Hill TimesRising Gas PricesBoeing Delivers C-17 Aircraft To UAE GeneralBlind and terminally ill, Hospice patient Mary Moore is comforted by the soothing vibrations of the harp to help ease her pain. [COMPASSIONATE HARPS]Moved to tears, Hospice Patient Mary Moore enjoys the melodic sounds of the harp. [COMPASSIONATE HARPS]An unidentified woman falls to the ground apparently getting hit by a retreating Oakland Police car in downtown Oakland, California after a Los Angeles jury convicted former transit officer Johannes Mehserle of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 New Year's Eve shooting death of an unarmed black man on a train platform in Oakland, California, USA on 08 July 2010. The jury deliberated more than six hours over two days in the trial for the killing of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, shot to death as he lay face-down. EPA/JOSH EDELSONSan Bruno AftermathOct. 6, 2011 - Los Angeles, California, U.S. - A woman is arrested at a Bank Of America in downtown as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. (Zuma Press/Josh Edelson)Temperatures soar as Cal Fire creates a fire line during the Knight Fire, near Twain Harte, off Highway 108 in Tuolumne County on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009. [Modesto Bee]
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Moved to tears, Hospice Patient Mary Moore enjoys the melodic sounds of the harp. [COMPASSIONATE HARPS]



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